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A nation's road to 'digital abundance'

A nation's road to 'digital abundance'

News As Singapore continues to set its sights on a high-tech future, ZDNet Asia looks at the investments the country has made over the past year to achieve its goals.

Friday, August 08 2008 11:19 AM

Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Local Government, grid computing, Abundance, Singapore, On-demand, Hardware, software, high-performance computing, high-performance


S'pore to invest US$833M on infocomm projects

S'pore to invest US$833M on infocomm projects

News Government will call for 391 tenders over the next 12 months on new ICT projects, 42 percent of which will be worth at least US$365,400, says IDA chief.

Wednesday, May 14 2008 10:35 AM

Tags: Personal broadband, Business broadband, Investments, Local Government, Singapore, Government, CIO, public sector, software, financial


oneMeridian clinches S'pore SOE project

oneMeridian clinches S'pore SOE project

News update The consortium led by EDS International edges out three others to win the US$929-million tender for Singapore's Standard ICT Operating Environment project.

Thursday, February 28 2008 05:51 PM

Tags: Government, SMB


French military body to install Linux cluster

News An agency of the French Ministry of Defence is planning to install a high-performance Linux cluster for technical and scientific work.

Monday, October 03 2005 08:40 AM

Tags: Linux, Open source


UK govt loses 600,000 personal details

News The U.K. Ministry of Defence has lost over half a million personal details of actual and potential employees, including 3,500 bank details.

Tuesday, January 22 2008 02:36 AM

Tags: Security


U.K. MoD arms itself with BlackBerrys

News U.K. Ministry of Defence is giving BlackBerrys to its staff to encourage flexible and more productive working.

Friday, September 14 2007 10:56 AM

Tags: IT strategy, BlackBerry


Self-destruct messages on the way

News U.K. company launches text messages that disappear after 40 seconds after being opened, and plans to roll out self-destruct e-mail, voice and picture messages next year.

Tuesday, December 13 2005 11:49 AM

Tags: Personal applications, Mobile platforms, Business applications


Binariang Group eyes 3rd satellite

News The Binariang Group is looking to embark upon its next satellite project following the rapid expansion of Internet services, Maxis Communications Bhd chief operating officer Alistair Grieve said today.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:55 PM


Security 'network' to speed up antihacker tools

News The U.K. government pumps an initial US$3.2 million and brings together academic and industry experts for the Cybersecurity Knowledge Transfer Network.

Thursday, April 13 2006 10:44 AM

Tags: PC security, Data security, Security


PGP platform tackles data breaches

News The PGP Endpoint security system is intended to transparently ensure the security of PCs, mobile devices, ports and wireless links.

Tuesday, July 22 2008 11:44 PM

Tags: Data security, Security, Authentication and encryption, PGP Corp., Mobile, Data Breach, removable storage, Password, public sector, financial


BT makes waves in IT services

News The company has won around 1,000 international networking and IT contracts in the past 15 months, and it forecasts its global services revenue will double within three years.

Monday, September 18 2006 10:05 AM

Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing


S'pore: Resiliency is top IT concern

News Singapore's move toward an integrated e-government system spells extra emphasis on resiliency, says government official.

Tuesday, November 13 2007 08:34 PM

Tags: Local Government, Data security, Security Management, Business security


End to email viruses may be nigh

News The UK Ministry of Defence says it has the perfect solution to email viruses--stop them before they can spread, and one which doesn't rely on traditional virus-detection methods.

Wednesday, April 25 2001 05:36 PM


FBI supplier readies secure Linux

News  A new version of the operating system has been built by TCS, which sells software to U.S. intelligence agencies.

Thursday, October 21 2004 10:22 AM

Tags: Linux, Open source


UK police and military 'battling over spectrum'

News A new data network for the emergency services won't take off unless the Ministry of Defence starts sharing its spectrum, Motorola claims.

Friday, November 24 2006 11:16 AM

Tags: Mobile/Wireless, LANs and WANs, Networking technology


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OpenAmplify developer's diary Part 4: Using OpenAmplify via SOAP

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Justin James walks you through the process of using the SOAP interface to OpenAmplify from Visual Studio 2008.


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When technology costs more than human

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Movie director James Cameron waited 15 years for technology to catch up before it was sufficiently advanced for him to create the much-anticipated upcoming film, Avatar.

To be released in..... by Eileen Yu

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